You wake up in a room you have never been in before. it is an empty, black box with only 1 light, a computer, and a small speaker in the corner.
The computer has a large sticker saying "addon+ release date lolz"
The speaker says: It has been 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 years.
You get up to get on the computer, and boot it up. Strangely, there is no login screen.
You go onto your favorite website, the AoC2 Forums and check Addon+. It says the following, "lol jk man no update xd"
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Update: this is what the Xinjiang Protectorate (formally america), looks like after a full scale invasion from Nassau. While Nassau was invading the Xinjiang Protectorate, many uprisings happened all over the Xinjiang Protectorate and occupied Nassau lands. This is the result (keep in mind the Xinjiang Protectorate invaded both mexico and canada, so they were affected as well.):

Some more context:
Pretty much, several countries are at war. It is all that is left of NATO (which is only nations in europe now) vs several countries that i call, "the eastern bloc." The eastern bloc isn't really an alliance, as most countries aren't allies or even at war with each other. I would consider Belgium the leader of NATO, and Ionia the "leader" of the eastern bloc. (yes this is horrible border gore)